GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| historic | historical |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |